LJ, after a week of silence, caved to the minor demand that they at least make it so that screened comments and flocked posts can't be crossposted elsewhere against the will of the OP. It's not the opt-out that many of us would have liked, but you can bet that they only made this concession because their staff argued for us. Note that this change may take two weeks to put into practice, so if you have genuine concern, just keep an eye on what you post.
Some people had enough with Strikethrough, and some people finally had enough with this. For those of you who are afeared that your friends list is going to leave you… well, some of them have, and some of them may. I've not completely left because I have communities here, and it will take some time (which obviously, I don't have a bunch of) to build communities over there. Also, crossposting is so damn easy, even my lazy ass can manage it. If your favorite authors have flown the coop, though, there's no need to start flinging poo at people for their choices to leave or bemoaning the trite old complaint that 'all the good authors have left fandom!' (And this all the other authors in fandom cry into their pillows at night because they're busting their asses to put out fic, just to not be considered a good author.)
You can find them. You can find all of your friends on Dreamwidth with this handy tool. Provided, of course, that they haven't changed their name. If you have changed your name and would like your followers, it might be a grand old idea to let people know.
Furthermore, if a friend is leaving for good, and you have a 'just in case' account at Dreamwidth, you don't even have to move your ass an inch to still find their entries. The track user tool has long been in existence on LJ and I've used it in the past to keep track of posting on communities (![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
lex_minions) or posting from my bff so I don't miss things when I have my head down in academia, only checking email.
All you have to do is go to the user's profile page. In the same module as the icons, where you friend/follow someone, send PMs, or on LJ V-gifts, there is a little icon that says "Track" for LJ or "Track Account" for DW. There's a little thumbtack on LJ and a little bell for DW. It will send an email notification for you every time that user updates their journal. So, if you are enamoured of an author who will be 'leaving"LJ fandom, you can track them and just comment with your backup account/open-id, or what have you.
One last comment:* If you really want to keep the fandom that you've been enjoying going, it would be a swell idea to keep commenting whenever you can, and rec whenever you really enjoyed something. An item being over at Dreamwidth is hardly a hurdle, since you have to copy the url of the fic, no matter where it comes from, and I've not seen much reccing in general anywhere lately, no matter where the fic/art is posted. However, if authors get the feeling that they are no longer being read (or worse, people don't like what they're doing!), they will slowly move on to other fandoms, and they really will have left you for greener, and more appreciative pastures.
*This is not a passive aggressive message to my lovely readers from my faction of SV fandom (ya'll are the best!), but er… actively aggressive commentary for fandom as a whole.
Some people had enough with Strikethrough, and some people finally had enough with this. For those of you who are afeared that your friends list is going to leave you… well, some of them have, and some of them may. I've not completely left because I have communities here, and it will take some time (which obviously, I don't have a bunch of) to build communities over there. Also, crossposting is so damn easy, even my lazy ass can manage it. If your favorite authors have flown the coop, though, there's no need to start flinging poo at people for their choices to leave or bemoaning the trite old complaint that 'all the good authors have left fandom!' (And this all the other authors in fandom cry into their pillows at night because they're busting their asses to put out fic, just to not be considered a good author.)
You can find them. You can find all of your friends on Dreamwidth with this handy tool. Provided, of course, that they haven't changed their name. If you have changed your name and would like your followers, it might be a grand old idea to let people know.
Furthermore, if a friend is leaving for good, and you have a 'just in case' account at Dreamwidth, you don't even have to move your ass an inch to still find their entries. The track user tool has long been in existence on LJ and I've used it in the past to keep track of posting on communities (
lex_minions) or posting from my bff so I don't miss things when I have my head down in academia, only checking email. All you have to do is go to the user's profile page. In the same module as the icons, where you friend/follow someone, send PMs, or on LJ V-gifts, there is a little icon that says "Track" for LJ or "Track Account" for DW. There's a little thumbtack on LJ and a little bell for DW. It will send an email notification for you every time that user updates their journal. So, if you are enamoured of an author who will be 'leaving"
One last comment:* If you really want to keep the fandom that you've been enjoying going, it would be a swell idea to keep commenting whenever you can, and rec whenever you really enjoyed something. An item being over at Dreamwidth is hardly a hurdle, since you have to copy the url of the fic, no matter where it comes from, and I've not seen much reccing in general anywhere lately, no matter where the fic/art is posted. However, if authors get the feeling that they are no longer being read (or worse, people don't like what they're doing!), they will slowly move on to other fandoms, and they really will have left you for greener, and more appreciative pastures.
*This is not a passive aggressive message to my lovely readers from my faction of SV fandom (ya'll are the best!), but er… actively aggressive commentary for fandom as a whole.
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Date: 2010-09-11 08:46 pm (UTC)From:And so much yes on the commenting thing. I've got lots of readers (at least on LJ) and rarely get a third of them to comment. The sad thing is that I'm more or less actively switching fandoms to one that comments much more consistently and far more positively, too.
Basically, you're quite right. *nods*
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Date: 2010-09-13 12:26 am (UTC)From:No, the only thing that is really going to slow me down is the amount of time I'm going to have to spend getting into, and then DOING, my doctoral program. (which is why I want to have my wips done so badly before I go!)
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Date: 2010-09-12 12:52 am (UTC)From:I find it funny that I managed to get three comments over here and none back over at LJ.